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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12616001565437
Date of registration: 11/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Almamoun Abdelkader
Public title: Improved near visual acuity in presbyopes using carbachol and brimonidine eye drops.
Scientific title: Clinical outcomes of combined versus separate carbachol and brimonidine drops in correcting presbyopia
Date of first enrolment: 10/02/2016
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12616001565437.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Treatment; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Crossover;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;  
Phase:  Phase 2 / Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Saudi Arabia
Contacts
Name: A/Prof Almamoun Abdelkader   
Address:  Saudi German Hospital, King Fahad Road, Khamis Mushait, Aseer, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, P.O Box 2355. Saudi Arabia
Telephone: +966557797107
Email: mamounkader@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name: A/Prof Almamoun Abdelkader   
Address:  Saudi German Hospital, King Fahad Road, Khamis Mushait, Aseer, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, P.O Box 2355. Saudi Arabia
Telephone: +966557797107
Email: mamounkader@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were as follows: age between 42 and 58 years, emmetropia [cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE), +/-0.25 D; astigmatism "equal to" or less than 0.25 D] and binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity "equal to" or greater than 20/20
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria concerned patients with myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism higher than 0.25 diopter as well as those with corneal, lens and vitreous opacities, pupil irregularities, anisocoria, amblyopia, chronic general pathologies and medications that would interact unfavorably with carbachol and brimonidine

Age minimum: 42 Years
Age maximum: 58 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Eye - Normal eye development and function
presbyopia;
presbyopia
Intervention(s)
One drop was administrated per application to the on-dominant eye by the primary investigator who is an ophthalmologist. Each participant received three treatments to the non-dominant eye - 3% carbachol and 0.2% brimonidine in both combined and separate forms, carbachol only, and brimonidine only. It is a cross-over trial, so that, the washout period was one week.
Primary Outcome(s)
Near visual acuity (NVA) was assessed at 40 cm using a hand-held Rosenbaum chart with Jaeger notation, always employing the same luminosity of 160 cd/m2. [1,2,4 and 8 hours post drug administration ]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pupil size (PS) was measured using Colvard handheld Infrared pupillometer (Oasis Medical, Glendora, CA, USA).[1,2,4 and 8 hours post drug administration.]
Secondary ID(s)
nil
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Almamoun Abdelkader is funding the study from his own personal funds
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
Abha ethics committee eye centre and research
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
The RCRC Independent Review Board, LLC
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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